Biographical Sketches:  CLIFFORD R. GOLDSWORTHY


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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial
Statistics 1907.

The Wisconsin Blue Book. VII. Biographical Sketches. The Wisconsin
Legislature. Assembly, p. 1139

HERMAN L. KERN, Speaker; C. E. SHAFFER, Chief Clerk; W. S. IRVINE,
Sergeant-at-Arms.

The assembly consists of 100 members. They are chosen biennially and
receive $500 for their services during their term. The speaker is
chosen by the members and receives an additional $500 for his services
as speaker. The assembly of 1907 contains 76 republicans, 19
democrats, and 5 social democrats.

Wood County. (p. 1177) One District. Population, 1900 - 25,865.

CLIFFORD R. GOLDSWORTHY (Rep.) is a product of the state of Wisconsin.
He was born on a farm in Racine county in 1865, and attended the
district school until he was 18 years of age. He then attended the
Union Grove high school for two terms and finished his education by
taking a business course at Spencerian College in Milwaukee in 1886.
When he became 21 years of age, with his father's assistance, he
started farming on his own account on a farm of 160 acres of land in
Kenosha county. This farm he operated successfully for eight years and
in 1894 leased the farm and engaged in the real estate business at
Union Grove. Following the real estate businesses he first visited
Wood county, on a tour of investigation, on July 6th, 1896, and being
impressed with the natural advantages of Wood county, he at once set
to work locating settlers in and near Vesper, invested a little in
lands himself, built a small saw-mill and also engaged in the general
merchandise business at Vesper and became post-master at that place.
He has twice served his town as chairman and been a member of the
county board; is now engaged in the real estate business, placing
loans and farming. He was elected to the assembly in 1906, receiving
2,155 votes against 1,992 for Frank Pomainville (Dem.).